I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world!

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world!

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you!

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world!

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"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single, which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world (Thiele as a producer and Weiss as a composer/performer).Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz.

Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing.

Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general.

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ALBUM SONGS:

What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong), What A Wonderful World (Roger Williams), West Side Story Medley (Frank Chacksfield), We’ve Only Just Begun (Carpenters), We’ve Only Just Begun (Arthur Fiedler), Somewhere In Time (Erich Kunzel), The Way You Look Tonight (Romantic Strings), The Way You Look Tonight (The Lettermen), The Way You Look Tonight (Mantovani),

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Imagine that you have been invited to a mansion overlooking the sea! You are on the balcony watching the crashing waves while this music streams beautifully into your ears reminding you of so many romantic times of the past...

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GOOGLE SONG INFO:

What A Wonderful World - Various Artists
2:17 - 4:33
The Orchard Music
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